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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventor:
John V. Harmeyer, Cleves, OH (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 13/42 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/202 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/208 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61F 13/42 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 2562/029 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing hygiene services to a patient. The method includes acquiring patient status data of a patient with a sensor. Incontinence event data is acquired with an incontinence detection system. After the occurrence of the incontinence event, a sleep status of the patient is determined based the patient status data. A time period to provide hygiene services to the patient is determined based on the incontinence event data and the sleep status of the patient.